{"id":1185,"date":"2012-07-01T08:37:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T08:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitaleconomy.soton.ac.uk\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2014-01-29T08:32:57","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T08:32:57","slug":"60at60-community-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsi\/60at60-community-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#60at60 community day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the 60@60 Community Open Day<\/a> at Southampton. There were lots of projects with DE USRG connections on display and the University was full of visitors. By the time I arrived at the booking desk at 10:45am the tours of the\u00a0RJ Mitchell Wind Tunnel<\/a>, the\u00a0Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory<\/a>, and the\u00a0\u00a0Soton Astrodome<\/a>, the University\u2019s inflatable mobile planetarium, were all booked up until late in the afternoon. I didn’t have long so only got to see a small fraction of the exhibitions that took place all over the campus. A full list is here<\/a>\u00a0and we will be telling some more DE USRG 60@60 stories over the coming months.<\/p>\n

The Portus Project<\/a> had a display including a Ground Penetrating Radar processing demo and also the chance to excavate a replica of the Portus Head produced using a laser scanner by members of the Archaeological Computing Research Group and a 3D printer at the Winchester School of Art.<\/p>\n

#60at60<\/a> @unisouthampton<\/a> 3d print of laser scan of portusproject.org<\/a> head #portusproject<\/a> twitter.com\/GraemeEarl\/sta\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Graeme Earl (@GraemeEarl) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Compare to the original Portus Project head excavated in 2009. There was also a touch screen display showing examples of the data capture, processing and dissemination tools used on the Portus Project.<\/p>\n

#60at60<\/a> @unisouthampton<\/a> people looking at the portusproject.org<\/a> touch screen @ open day. Loads of people here! twitter.com\/GraemeEarl\/sta\u2026<\/a> \u2014 Graeme Earl (@GraemeEarl) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Next door was the Soldier in Late Medieval England<\/a> project which includes a range of ongoing digital humanities activities, and close collaboration with ECS. There was also a film playing describing\u00a0the world\u2019s first human-powered flight<\/a>. The HAWK project<\/a> had a display showing a video based on the #PianaHAWK<\/a> project and a demonstration of the motion capture system employed.<\/p>\n

#60at60<\/a> #pianohawk<\/a> @unisouthampton<\/a> twitter.com\/GraemeEarl\/sta\u2026<\/a> \u2014 Graeme Earl (@GraemeEarl) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also visited the Institute for Life Sciences. Firstly there was a Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 racing\u00a0car parked outside with very informed researchers discussing the rolling road wind tunnel<\/a>. Inside the IFLS there were lots of demonstrations including some relating to the nervous system<\/a>, and lots of children and adults seeing bees, glowing worms and learning about hospital hygiene.<\/p>\n

#60at60<\/a> @unisouthampton<\/a> using fruit flies to understand Alzheimer’s disease at 60.southampton.ac.uk\/open-day<\/a> twitter.com\/GraemeEarl\/sta\u2026<\/a> \u2014 Graeme Earl (@GraemeEarl) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Drunk worms and lots of creepy crawlies at the @unisouthampton<\/a> open day! #60at60<\/a> twitter.com\/beckyattwood07\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 becky attwood (@beckyattwood07) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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@unisouthampton<\/a> having an excellent time at the open day. Enjoyed the demo game on Orchid stand & nematodes in the life sciences #60at60<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jo Jennings (@jojenni) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Then I went to the Institute for Sound and Vibration Research for a visit to the anechoic chamber and the reverberant chamber. Again really enthusiastic and informed staff talking about aircraft noise reduction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#60at60<\/a> @unisouthampton<\/a> in #isvr<\/a> anechoic and reverberant chambers. High level volume children shouting in the latter! twitter.com\/GraemeEarl\/sta\u2026<\/a> \u2014 Graeme Earl (@GraemeEarl) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There were a few other tweets on the day including ones relating to optic fibres research<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Just find out about Optical fibres research @unisouthampton<\/a> #60at60<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Eleonora Gandolfi (@eleonorag1) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And work at Winchester School of Art in Fashion:<\/p>\n

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Winchester School of Art are showcasing success no. 11: The cutting edge of fashion bit.ly\/MBAKrx<\/a> #60at60<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Uni of Southampton (@unisouthampton) June 23, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And our musical talents:<\/p>\n

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A Haydn quartet outside the cinema!What a great university I went to \ud83d\ude42 @unisouthampton<\/a> #60at60<\/a> twitter.com\/mwkdesigns\/sta\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Matthew Koch (@mwkdesigns) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

At Garden Court there were lots of displays including information about the Southampton Science Park<\/a>\u00a0and some touch screen displays and games relating to cleaning up space junk<\/a>. Last visit of the day was to the Biometrics Tunnel<\/a> for cool work identifying gait for identification. A really good day and a great way to show off #60at60 and the University as a whole.<\/p>\n

It’s time for our final success, no. 60: Our people – who made all the other 59 happen bit.ly\/LD0ge4<\/a> #60at60<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Uni of Southampton (@unisouthampton) June 30, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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